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Look right below the Sahara, and I think you'll find a great environment to grow crops. As for the Sahara itself, all it needs is water, and I don't see any fa
by csdvrx 5y ago
Look right below the Sahara, and I think you'll find a great environment to grow crops.
As for the Sahara itself, all it needs is water, and I don't see any factor that would make the cost of drop-by-drop irrigation not competitive or produce more CO2 than keeping giant plastic tents warmed up in Europe (and irrigated, harvested...), especially considering the availability and abundance of solar power in the Sahara of all places!
- toyg 5y agoLol, "all it needs is water" is a bit reductionist. Obviously there are a ton of factors why certain stuff is still grown in Europe despite it being economically challenging to do so. Some of it is the actual will to keep certain products typically local, for cultural reasons that are not going to change. Besides, the few times African countries ended up being economically reliant on crops for exports to rich markets, disaster followed when prices dropped (as they are wont to do from time to time). They are currently busy exporting all they can to China anyway... The African issues are many and multi-faceted, they won't be solved by growing more stuff than they already do.